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New York’s Lawsky Proposes Changes to Reduce Home Foreclosures

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New York’s banking regulator proposed changes to the foreclosure process to try to help borrowers in the state keep their homes.

One reason New York has a high rate of foreclosures is that mandatory settlement meetings between borrowers and mortgage servicers typically don’t take place for months after a bank initiates a foreclosure, Benjamin Lawsky, superintendent of New York’s Department of Financial Services said in prepared remarks Tuesday.